Blocking of YouTube: What’s Legal, What’s Not
Published in the January 2014 edition of the All Pakistan Law Decisions Journal Section, “Why the YouTube Ban is Illegal and Undesirable” by lawyer Babar Sattar, discusses the legality of the YouTube...
View ArticleFilters, Morality and the Element of Choice
The Ministry of Information, Technology & Telecom (MoIT) in Pakistan was actively considering filtering softwares as a solution to unban YouTube. According to reports, these filters are already in...
View ArticleTo Block or Not to Block: YouTube
This article was originally published in Newsline’s September 2013 issue “We’ve taught YouTube a lesson by banning it and forcing Google to lose out on revenue in Pakistan because it did not remove the...
View ArticleNetsweeper in Use in Pakistan
There is a strong reason to believe now that the traffic for our gateways is being managed by Netsweeper. The research revolves around one of the key gateways that handles network traffic for Karachi,...
View ArticleMoIT Says Will Only Comply With Court – But Has It?
Last week, members of the Bolo Bhi team observed a session at the National Assembly, anticipating a resolution to unban YouTube to be tabled. Member of National Assembly MNA Shazia Marri (PPP) had...
View ArticleSubmission to Court in YouTube Case: May 13, 2014
Date: May 13, 2014 Writ Petition 9582013: BytesforAll vs Federation Lahore High Court Submitted to: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah & Justice Atir Mahmood Honourable Sirs, Below is a summary of the...
View ArticleState of IT Governance in Pakistan – A Report by Bolo Bhi
Over the last two-and-a-half, years we at Bolo Bhi have engaged with government and non-government stakeholders on the issue of censorship in Pakistan, to find a way to minimize and end it. While much...
View ArticlePlease appoint an adept Federal IT Minister
June 7, 2013: As parliament takes shape and ministries are awarded, we urge the government to be cognizant of the need for a full-time, Federal Minister for Information and Technology (MoIT) and give...
View ArticleMinistry of IT Must Refrain From Trampling On Constitutional Rights
21st August 2013, Karachi: According to media reports (tickers on news channels), Ministry of Information Technology has released a statement stating they have resolved the issue of the YouTube ban by...
View ArticleComing Soon: Paper on State of IT Governance in Pakistan
In January 2014, we interviewed various technology and industry experts in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. The next few months we spent compiling and updating our paper. We are sharing now a sneak...
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